Video & Transcript Research : 'legislative branch'
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NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections May 29th, 2025 at 01:00 pm
Legislative Operations and Elections
Transcript Highlights:
- Welcome to the Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections.
- during the next biennial legislative session.
- Long before the Legislative Commission had the authority to approve regulations, the legislative committee
- Generally, at the Legislative Council Bureau, we defer to a manual called Mason's Manual of Legislative
- provisions relating to legislative affairs.
Keywords:
election reform, voter accessibility, conditional ballots, voter registration, mechanical voting systems, election audits, voter access grants, provisional ballot, voting technology, AB562, Nevada, Secretary of State, elections, elections management system, HAVA, Help America Vote Act, automatic voter registration, AVR, election technology, state appropriations
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- permanent legislative committees, and the legislative department.
- in June, legislation required that we had that done.
- Within the legislation, the legislation required us to have a work group established before the end of
- Outlined in the legislation.
- I've leaned on our legislative branch quite a bit to solicit and help guide some of those letters of
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 22nd, 2026 at 02:01 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm with the Legislative Finance Committee and with the Department of Health.
- And one thing that we as legislators do is we go to a lot of meetings.
- I'm Ruby Ann Iskebel with the Legislative Finance Committee.
- We have our director of legislative and executive affairs, Lindsay Bachman.
- staff and legislators.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Chamber Meeting Jan 22nd, 2026 at 11:06 am
New Mexico House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Speaker, I move we go to that order of business: introduction of legislation.
- . ...offices looking to meet their representatives and legislators.
- biennium equally between two regular legislative sessions, not to exceed 4, Legislative biennium equally
- session and the permanent legislative committees and the legislative department.
- And with that, I would... ...and the permanent legislative committees and the legislative department.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- And in the chart on this page, you can see for the legislative projects expenditures and balances on
- So you Received a draft list of local requests from legislative council earlier this week, and they have
- I think on the legislative.
- Is it permissible right now for me, just to go as an individual legislator, bundle that up into 10 million
- convinced me, and I said yes to put that there, it would be my responsibility as an individual legislator
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 20th, 2026 at 04:16 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- permanent legislative committees and the legislative department.
- For example, next year's session preparations, interim legislative expenses LCS operations, the legislative
- And then section five addresses the Legislative Finance Committee Section six, the Legislative Education
- for the Legislative Council Service, and it Is customary, maybe up to once a year, where the Legislative
- this legislation if it receives.
Bills:
HB1
Keywords:
feed bill, legislative appropriations, legislative branch, New Mexico Legislature, general fund, legislative council service, legislative finance committee, legislative education study committee, house chief clerk, senate chief clerk, per diem, mileage, session expenses, interim committees, district staff, capitol complex, capital outlay data system, legislative processing system, redistricting, census redistricting
WY
Bills:
SF0002
Keywords:
Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem, mileage reimbursement, legislator training, legislators-elect, newly appointed legislator, carryforward funds, unspent appropriations, Management Council, economic development, energy diversification, economic modeling software, fiscal notes
WY
Bills:
SF0002
Keywords:
Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem, mileage reimbursement, legislator training, legislators-elect, newly appointed legislator, carryforward funds, unspent appropriations, Management Council, economic development, energy diversification, economic modeling software, fiscal notes
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee 3/5/26
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- that we make in in the judicial branch. that we make in in the judicial branch.
- <00:29:40.960>
to uh somebody in the judicial branch to uh somebody in the judicial branch - And so if we are to be advocates for the judicial branch, the judicial branch has to come and tell us
- branch be published in newspapers. branch be published in newspapers.
- While there may be judicial branch.
Keywords:
judicial funding, Chief Justice security, fiscal year 2028, court system, judicial branch, judiciary, court notices, restitution, child protection, publication process, human services, Optum reports, data privacy, transparency, legislative oversight, 1183, house
Summary:
The committee approved the March 3 minutes and then heard a presentation from the Minnesota Judicial Branch on House File 3874, which was laid over for possible inclusion in a finance bill. State Court Administrator Jeff Shorba and Chief Judge Michael Fritz testified in support of a supplemental funding request focused on judicial branch safety and security, along with funding to cover the employer share of Minnesota Paid Leave costs. Shorba said the branch is seeking help because it did not receive funding for paid leave in the last session and is having to hold positions open to absorb the cost.
The safety and security request included five parts: personal data protection for judges and court administrators, home security, two additional staff positions for threat assessment and coordination, security for the chief justice at public events, and a revived courthouse security grant program for counties. Testimony emphasized rising threats and incidents involving judges and court staff, including examples of doxing, home surveillance, and threats involving litigants, and cited increases in reported incidents, threats, and disturbances. Fritz said the branch’s current response system is stretched and that more law-enforcement-trained staff would improve coordination and response.
Members questioned why the judicial branch should receive state funding for paid leave when private employers must absorb the cost, and Shorba responded that the branch was excluded from end-of-session funding decisions and that the mandate should be funded for all branches of government. Members also asked about the threat-response process and whether local law enforcement should be used more directly. Another concern raised was whether State Patrol troopers assigned to judicial security would have the training needed for criminal-code enforcement, and Shorba said the branch is discussing that issue with the State Patrol. No vote on the bill was taken in the portion provided.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
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- In with the legacy enabling legislation.
- again, because the way the legislation again, because the way the legislation is<00:40:23.200>
- it's an important piece of legislation it's an important piece of legislation in<01:03:47.680>
- <01:08:43.120>
to allowed legislators to allowed legislators to give<01:08:44.799>their - it's an important piece of legislation it's an important piece of legislation in<01:03:47.680>
Bills:
HF4148
Keywords:
Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council, Outdoor Heritage Fund, executive director, natural resources, conservation, wetlands, prairies, forests, wildlife habitat, fish and game, bipartisan hiring, interview panel, legislative branch, Minnesota Statutes 97A.056, administrative expenses, nonpartisan staff, council governance, environment and natural resources
WY
Transcript Highlights:
- Legislator session, 1.15 million. Legislator interim, 2.24 million. Session staff, 575,000.
- Legislator session 1.15 million. Legislator session 1.15 million.
- >
million Legislator interim 2.24 24 million Legislator interim 2.24 24 million session<00:01: - . branch. branch.
- of new executive branch agency rules. of new executive branch agency rules.
Keywords:
K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem
WY
Transcript Highlights:
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The <00:03:21.120>remaining legislative action. - The remaining legislative action.
- The second part of page two begins the change from the old legislatively determined appropriation into
- Uh, the second large change is moving the source of funding from a legislatively determined biennial
- source of funding from a legislatively source of funding from a legislatively determined<00:46:37.040
Keywords:
K-12 education, school facilities, security improvements, public funding, state appropriations, school construction, local government funding, sales tax distribution, municipal funding, economic equity, state revenue, Wyoming Legislature, legislative appropriations, Legislative Service Office, LSO budget, general fund, biennial budget, legislative branch, legislator travel, per diem
OK
Keywords:
Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority, OMMA, medical marijuana, cannabis, marijuana regulation, administrative rules, major rule changes, joint resolution, legislative rule approval, Title 75, Oklahoma Administrative Code, OAC, licensing, compliance, enforcement, dispensary, grower, processor, patient access, health care authority
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Judiciary Committee Meeting - 2026-04-16
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
Transcript Highlights:
- The judicial branch.
- I'm the state court administrator for the branch.
- Um, from my own personal experience, what I was saying is that the judicial branch is a branch of government
- c> that the judicial branch is a branch of that the judicial branch is a branch of government<00:25:50.720
- is an important piece of legislation is an important piece of legislation that<00:59:45.920>
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Baldwin County Legislation Committee Feb 11th, 2025
Baldwin County Legislation
Transcript Highlights:
- to continue to push bills through the house and do everything we can to get good bills and good legislation
Bills:
HB78
Keywords:
Baldwin County, court proceedings, nonjury cases, branch courthouses, judicial authority, 1136, house, all
LA
Louisiana 2026 Regular Session
House and Governmental Affairs Apr 29th, 2026
House and Governmental Affairs
Keywords:
tax credits, higher education, workforce development, brain drain, economic incentives, public meeting minutes, transparency, government accountability, publication deadlines, open meetings, SB49, Louisiana elections, party primary, primary elections, BESE, State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, school board elections, election law, candidate qualification, ballot access
KY
Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
2026 - 2028 Budget Preparation & Submission (5-22-25)
Transcript Highlights:
- And I said not yet earlier because I recognize I have a ton of blind spots here as a freshman legislator
- At this time, um I would entertain a motion directing the co-chairs to work with the Legislative Research
- Commission staff to finalize the 2026 to 2028 budget instructions and formally present them to the Legislative
Keywords:
00:02 Call to Order and Roll Call
00:55 FB 2026-2028 Executive Branch Budget
15:17 Adjournment, 958, all
Summary:
The committee held its first meeting on budget instructions for the 2026-2028 state budget, as required by KRS Chapter 48. Staff from the Office of State Budget Director outlined three recommended changes: restructuring Form B4 for additional budget requests to emphasize the problem, solution, and quantitative data; adding page numbers to the Record P report so agencies’ additional budget requests can be located more easily; and updating the budget calendar to reflect the December 20 presentation of the consensus forecast to LRC under changes made by House Bill 360.
Members asked follow-up questions about contribution rates, debt service template rates, and employee health rates. Staff said the fiscal 2026 KS non-hazardous contribution rate is 42.76%, but fiscal 2027 and 2028 rates have not yet been set; debt service rates would be posted later; and employee health rate assumptions are still being discussed with the Personnel Cabinet. Members also asked how program reductions or terminations would be handled, and staff explained that agencies base requests on statutory and federal requirements, while budget reductions are handled through the appropriations act.
The committee discussed whether Form B4 should ask agencies to describe alternative options considered and how they were evaluated. Staff said the current instructions do not specifically require that, though some implications may appear in narrative responses, and members agreed to continue working on the instructions. The committee then adopted a motion directing the co-chairs to work with LRC staff to finalize the 2026-2028 budget instructions and present them for adoption, with the motion approved by roll call. Members also noted that federal budget developments, including possible SNAP cost shifts to states, are being monitored but are too early to incorporate into the instructions at this time.
OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
General Government REVISED: HB4434 - Added Feb 17th, 2026 at 01:30 pm
General Government
Transcript Highlights:
- And so, point of clarification, I'm sorry if I miss this, this would effectively consist of legislators
- It is set up of legislators by legislators. Your pay is already covered in that.
- House Bill 4484, this legislation will allow the OCC workers to use...
- This legislation is modeled after what the AG's office and Wildlife do.
- This legislation is modeled after what the AG's office and Wildlife do.
Keywords:
housing, legislative committee, affordable housing, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, policy improvement, HB4414, Oklahoma Homebuilder Program, OHFA, single-family housing, homebuilder loans, 0% interest loan, housing finance, workforce housing, Legislative Workforce Housing Committee, housing needs assessment, community housing assessment, disaster recovery housing, federally declared natural disaster, rural housing, urban housing
HI
Bills:
SB2064, SB2662, SB2862, SB2343, SB2075, SB2781, SB2927, SB3068, SB3015, SB2929, SB2938, SB3230, SB3249, SB3332, SB3216
Keywords:
state architect, construction projects, design approvals, building codes, state agency oversight, government accountability, external consultants, procurement reform, cost efficiency, in-house expertise, gubernatorial appointments, senate confirmation, executive branch, accountability, civil service, SB2343, Hawaii Legislature, regular session, lengthened session, continuous legislature
Summary:
The committee met on February 12, 2026, to take decision-making on measures previously heard earlier in the month. Several bills were deferred indefinitely or set for later discussion, including SB 2064 on the Office of the State Architect, SB 3068 on procurement, and SB 3216 after its contents were moved into another measure. SB 2862 on gubernatorial appointments, SB 2781, and SB 315 were all deferred to Tuesday, February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225 for further work. The committee also noted that if technical problems interrupted the meeting, it would reconvene later for outstanding decision-making.
The committee passed SB 2343 on the Legislature with amendments incorporating language from SB 3216, technical changes, and a defective date of 2525. SB 2075 was advanced as a Senate draft 1 after amendments responding to constitutional concerns raised by the attorney general and SPO. SB 2927 on procurement was also passed with amendments clarifying debriefing requirements and adding technical changes, and SB 2938 on search and rescue was amended to place the position in Hima rather than the Governor’s office before being adopted. SB 3249 on procurement protests was amended to remove the term "frivolous," reduce the forfeiture to half the bond amount, and note unresolved issues, then adopted.
The committee also took up SB 3332 on state-funded travel, amending it to remove certain lines, report travel by position number to protect confidentiality, remove subsection G, and add a defective date of 2525; it was adopted. SB 2929 on public notice was amended into a pilot project for counties with populations between 100,000 and 175,000, with a year-end report to the Legislature, and was adopted. Later, the committee returned to SB 2094 on environmental action levels, heard testimony from the Department of Health in support of its current scientific process and from an environmental caucus witness in strong support of the bill’s transparency and petition provisions, and then deferred decision-making to February 17 at 3 p.m. in Room 225.
In the joint hearing portion, SB 3233 on agricultural workforce housing drew generally supportive testimony from ADC, the Farm Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce, the Hawaii Farmers Union, and the State Procurement Office, with concerns focused on clarity, flexibility for smaller farms, and avoiding concentration of benefits in one large operation. The committee ultimately recommended passing SB 3233 with the State Procurement Office’s clarifying amendments and the Hawaii Farmers Union’s amendment to ensure workforce housing incentives benefit multiple farmers, and the measure was adopted.
AL
Alabama 2025 Regular Session
Alabama House Ways and Means General Fund Committee Apr 1st, 2025
Ways and Means General Fund
Transcript Highlights:
- We filed a report instead of legislation in case we need to amend that going forward about the statewide
Keywords:
Alabama budget, general fund appropriations, fiscal year 2026, state budget, appropriations act, HB186, executive branch funding, legislative branch funding, judicial branch funding, debt service, capital outlay, corrections, Medicaid, public health, mental health, transportation, education, law enforcement, tourism, veterans affairs